# Microsoft to release a FlashKiller!

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**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-release-a-flashkiller/129840 "2004-11-29T07:49:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![h88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@h88](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/h88)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-release-a-flashkiller/129840/1 "2004-11-29T07:49:31Z")

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[http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/3104381](http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/3104381)

Come on, now isn’t this ridiculous? Imagine being able to edit .SWFs and .FLAs!! or view .SWF using their “flashkiller”…

What do you guys think? Is it likely that MS would release it in the upcoming Longhorn OS?

Although the article is old, Longhorn is a new OS to be released at the first quarter of 2006 or so